NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2952, 11 September 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Borough Council meet this evening.

A Polo club has been formed at Auckland. The Papakura Hotel, Auckland has been burned down.

A handsome hall for the Oddfellows is now building at Poneonby.

The new oomet is now on view, to the north-east of Timaru.

The Papakura Jockey Club will hold Spring Summer and Autumn race meetings.

There are three vacancies in the Waimate Borough Council, for which Messrs Gaitt, Goldsmith, Eett, and Sinclair are nominated.

J. D. Lackman, owner of portraits of Tawhiao has summoned C. H. Moukinau, of Auckland, for copying the satne. Judgment is reserved.

The residents of Makikihi district will endeavor to form a subscription-pack of harriers. A number of couples of harriers carefully selected, are now on their way out from England.

The Parliamentary Committee re training ships, reports strongly in favor of the establishment of a system of nautical training for boys who arc loft to the care of the State.

Several of the Duuedin suburban Licen sing Oommitteesi have written to the Colonial Secretary, urging that the whole borough should be constituted one district instead of being divided into three or four, thus saving time, expense and incon ■ venience* :

The Makikihi Licensing Committee met on Saturday. There were present, Messrs G. F. Lovegrove (chairman) Wright and Carter, The police report was satisfactory, the only complaint being in reference to the position of the billiard room at the Makikihi Hotel, which the Inspector considered inconvenient to the public. The Bench notified Mr Cowie that before next quarterly meeting he must make the alteration suggested by the Inspector, A woman named Ellen , Galloway; .wife of the master of the Hokitika Harbor Board dredge, was missed from her home on the South Spit on Friday at about 11 p.m. She appears to have got out of bed and walked into the creek, for her footprints were traced to the water. The body was recovered on Saturday.